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In this Friday, April 7, 2017, photo, Alex Slater, managing director of Clyde Group, a public relations firm in Washington, is hit with Nerf darts by his employees. The results of a staff survey in 2015 jolted Slater into understanding how drastically his business needed a culture change. At the time, about half of his employees said they planned to leave in one to two years, and rated the environment as "average" or "needs improvement." After Clyde Group brought in a consultant, the culture changed. In a follow-up staff survey in 2016, 85 percent described Clyde Group as a fantastic place to work, Slater says. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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In this Friday, April 7, 2017, photo, Alex Slater, managing director of Clyde Group, a public relations firm in Washington. The results of a staff survey in 2015 jolted Slater into understanding how drastically his business needed a culture change. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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In this Friday, April 7, 2017, photo, Alex Slater, center, managing director of Clyde Group, a public relations firm, talks with employees Grace Haring, left, and Allison Baer, in Washington. The results of a staff survey in 2015 jolted Slater into understanding how drastically his business needed a culture change. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

NEW YORK — The results of a staff survey jolted Alex Slater into realizing how drastically his business needed a culture change.

About half the 19 employees at his Clyde Group public relations firm said they planned to leave in one to two years, and rated the environment as "average" or "needs improvement." No one agreed with the statement: "I am adequately compensated."